I Got Sent Home From School One Day
With A Shiner On My Eye
Fighting Was Against The Rules
And It Didn't Matter Why
When Dad Got Home I Told The Story
Just Like I'd Rehearsed
And Then Stood There On My Trembling Knees
And Waited For The Worst

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(He Said/I Said), "Let Me Tell You A Secret
About A Father's Love
A Secret That My Daddy Said
Was Just Between Us
He Said, Daddies Don't Just Love Their Children
Every Now And Then
It's A Love Without End, Amen
It's A Love Without End, Amen."

When I Became A Father
In The Spring Of '81
There Was No Doubt That Stubborn Boy
Was Just Like My Father's Son
And When I Thought My Patience
Had Been Tested To The End
I Took My Daddy's Secret
And I Passed It On To Him

(Repeat Chorus)

Last Night I Dreamed I'd Died
And Stood Outside Those Pearly Gates
And Suddenly, I Realized
There Must Be Some Mistake
If They Know Half The Things I've Done
They'll Never Let Me In
And A Voice Spoke From The Other Side
And I Heard Those Words Again

(Repeat Chorus)